A PATH TO INNER PEACE: HEALING FROM STRESS, PAIN, & TRAUMA
A Quest for Well-Being
— The richest aspects of the journey aren’t the big spiritual experiences. They’re where the mystery meets each moment of our daily lives. Experiencing deep healing and insight there doesn’t require practicing harder or longer. It just requires that we prioritize presence. Our practice comes alive when we prioritize presence above the deeply ingrained urges to self-protect. As each fear challenges us, we reassure ourselves that even if (or when) it came to pass, it could never take our connection to life itself. We will always have a home in awareness. No one and nothing can take that...
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SPIRITUAL EMBODIMENT
A Quest for Well-Being
— This episode explores the transformative journey of embodiment and nondual realization. These practices, when integrated into daily life, foster a deeper sense of wholeness and oneness. The journey is continuous, with senses becoming more refined, love and compassion more accessible, and the body finding greater balance and relaxation. Challenges like pain and emotional turbulence are natural, but resilience grows, enabling a return to comfort and safety. Embodiment is a gradual process, requiring consistent, mindful practice. This personal journey involves exploring inner depths and...
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BREAKING THE SILENCE ON SPIRIT POSSESSION
A Quest for Well-Being
— The deep emotional pain you carry seeps into every part of life - waves of intense sadness, anxiety, or sudden anger that leave you drained. Thoughts spin endlessly, relationships grow tense, and exhaustion becomes constant. At times, you no longer recognize yourself, as though something unseen is shaping your feelings. It feels like you're losing control of your own life, and no one truly understands the depth of your suffering. For others, the pain is in watching a loved one change before their eyes. A partner, child, or parent becomes withdrawn, irritable, or almost unrecognizable, and...
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GENTLE RETURN TO YOURSELF: EXPANDING YOUR CAPACITY
A Quest for Well-Being
— In the hustle and bustle of modern life, woman often find themselves disconnected from our true selves, entangled in the web of endless responsibilities and relentless stimuli. Yet, deep within, there is a yearning to return to Self, to a state of being where we are grounded and whole. This is an invitation to step back from the chaos and create a moment of stillness—a sanctuary where you can breathe deeply and feel your body’s gentle rhythms. It’s a call to journey inward, to the sacred center where your innate wisdom resides, and your soul's deepest memories and truths are kept....
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INCREDIBLE BENEFITS OF CREATIVE THINKING
A Quest for Well-Being
— Creative thinking enhances problem-finding, problem-solving, flexibility of thought, and the ability to see challenges from different perspectives. It also enhances emotional intelligence, and engaging in creative activities correlates with increased happiness. An all-around win-win! The power of this tool, for both coach and client, lies in its use of both deductive and intuitive thinking. By integrating creative techniques into your practice and thinking, you can offer clients not only improved outcomes but also a deeply engaging coaching experience conducive to powerful and efficient...
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AA IS NOT THE ONLY WAY: CREATIVE ADDICTION RECOVERY TOOLS
A Quest for Well-Being
— Wellness is an embodied, ongoing practice that integrates body, mind, and habits. Recovery and growth arise from personalized, compassionate support, evidence-informed tools, and sustainable daily practices rather than one-size-fits-all solutions. Meaningful change is co-created: clients bring lived experience and goals; practitioners offer guidance, skill-building, and accountability. Reducing harm (including alcohol use), restoring balance, and cultivating resilience are interconnected aims best served by holistic interventions that honor individual values, foster agency, and prioritize...
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NONVERBAL RESONANCE & PLAYFULNESS IN THERAPY AND LIFE
A Quest for Well-Being
— Music is a remedy of the soul, a bridge between cultures, languages, and a range of emotions. Music Therapy is a clinical and evidenced-based healthcare profession that combines the power of music with skilled therapeutic interventions to address the physical, emotional, cognitive, and social needs of individuals. Through musical involvement in the therapeutic context, clients' abilities are strengthened and transferred to other areas of their lives. Music therapy also provides avenues for communication that can be helpful to those who find it difficult to express themselves in words. The...
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A Deeper Story Of Your Soul & Its Essential Nature
A Quest for Well-Being
— What if reality isn’t material at all—but a shared dream, woven by infinite, eternal minds? In James book, The Dream of Matter, he explores the radical idea that our brains are not just organs of survival, but reflections of the soul’s deeper activity. If that’s true, then the existence of the soul is not only real, but measurable—visible in the patterns of thought, the rhythms of brainwaves, and the coherence or incoherence of our lives. This is more than spiritual speculation. By decoding the mathematics behind mind and matter, the book offers a structured, rational...
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Soul-Centered Healing: A Path to Spiritual Alignment
A Quest for Well-Being
— What if the greatest challenges in life were actually opportunities for profound spiritual growth? Many of us are navigating a world filled with chaos and uncertainty, searching for our true purpose and a sense of inner peace. In this episode, Bernice Cruz, a spiritual mentor and teacher who has walked that path herself, shares her incredible journey of healing and transformation, offering guidance and inspiration for remembering who you are and living in alignment with your soul's calling. Valeria interviews Bernice Cruz — She is a multi-dimensional holistic mentor and...
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From Worry to Wonder: Emotional Growth and Resilience
A Quest for Well-Being
— In a world that often feels increasingly fast-paced and uncertain, it's no surprise that anxiety has become a prevalent challenge, especially for our children. From academic pressures to social anxieties to the constant barrage of information from screens, young people today face a unique set of stressors that can significantly impact their well-being. But what if we could equip them with the tools, the understanding, and the resilience to navigate these challenges not with fear, but with courage, self-compassion, and a sense of hope? That's the mission behind "Benny's Adventure:...
info_outline— We are not here on Earth to be alone, but to be part of a living community, a web of life in which all is sacred. Ceremonies and rituals are powerful tools that promote and sustain healthy changes as we move though life's passages. They help you release old patterns, call in healing energies, bring empowerment to new intentions, honor rites of passage, and connect you with a deeper sense of support and guidance from Spirit in your life. Sandra work with you to create ceremonies that best support your intentions, and to honor your life transitions in a meaningful and sacred way. As a non-denominational ordained Minister of the Foundation of the Sacred Stream and Shamanic Practitioner, Sandra works with clients from diverse cultural traditions, spiritual beliefs and practices.
Valeria interviews Sandra Lloyd — She is Urban Shaman, Shamanic Hypnotherapist, Spiritual Midwife, Modern Alchemist, Ceremonialist, Badass Cosmic Mother, Shamanic Healer and Speaker.
As a Certified Hypnotherapist through the Foundation of the Sacred Stream in Berkeley, CA, Sandra has received expert training in Depth Hypnosis, Shamanism, Buddhist Psychology, Energy Medicine and Hypnotherapy. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and Sociology.
Sandra's path of healing service has been informed by two separate diagnoses and recoveries from cancer, as well her work since 2004 providing hands-on, unconditional support and advocacy for pregnant and birthing women navigating the complexities of the initiation of birth and passage into motherhood. Energetically "holding space" in the birth environment, and grounded in her connection with spiritual allies, she has been privileged to assist the safe and empowering passages of hundreds of new lives into this world.
In the summer of 2014, Sandra journeyed to Peru to join an expedition with Alberto Villoldo and Marcela Lobos of the Four Winds Society. Taking part in daily teachings and ceremonies, led by renowned medicine men and women, deepened her understanding of the ancient teachings of shamanism and of the Q'ero. She received the Munay-Ki rites of initiation directly from these master shamans and lineage keepers in ancient places of power in Peru's Sacred Valley.
Since 2016, Sandra has continued her training in shamanic practices designed for spiritual evolution and healing with don Oscar Miro-Quesada, respected kamasqa curandero and altomisayoq adept from Peru, founder of the Heart of the Healer Mystery School and originator of the Pachekuti Mesa Tradition of cross-cultural shamanism.
As a Shamanic Practitioner, Depth Hypnosis therapist, Ceremonialist and Birthkeeper, Sandra Lloyd/Urban Shaman brings ancient healing practices to guide her clients in addressing challenges that arise in relation to fertility, reproductive choice, pregnancy, miscarriage, labor, birth and the powerful initiation of Motherhood. She offers contemporary applications of shamanic practices (altered states/shamanic journey, regression, soul retrieval, power retrieval, removal of energetic interference) for releasing old patterns, uncovering and healing core woundings/trauma, and (re)connecting to one's authentic self.
To learn more about Sandra Lloyd and her work, please visit: https://www.sandralloyd.net/